March 12, 2010 4:47 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
crisis management,
cybersecurity,
Department of Homeland Security,
dhs,
education,
information security,
information security awareness,
risk management,
security awareness,
trainingMaybe you heard about the cybersecurity drill ran last month by the Department of Homeland Security. If not, check out this CNN news story. Then watch the very interesting videos of the drill itself.
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March 4, 2010 7:29 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
framework,
information management,
information security,
infosec,
lessons learned,
Metrics,
risk management,
security metrics,
threat mitigation,
vulnerability managementLast month Verizon released a publicly available version of the Verizon...
February 18, 2010 8:04 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Microsoft,
Microsoft security bulletins,
podcast,
risk management,
security bulletinIf your eyes glazed over during the February monthly Microsoft security bulletin webcast, consider checking out this Technet Edge podcast website.The presenters attempt to...
February 18, 2010 7:36 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Excel template,
gantt chart,
IT risk assessment,
log management,
maturity model,
Microsoft Excel,
project management,
risk assessment,
risk management,
risks,
templateI just came across an excellent resource for Microsoft Excel templates that are useful to IT professionals. The files can be found on the Excellence In Financial Management website.
Some of the useful ones that I have now...
November 5, 2009 4:50 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
apache,
authentication,
certificates,
IIS,
information security,
risk,
risk management,
SSL,
tls,
vulnerability,
web servicesAs Michael Morisy of ITKE recently posted, New SSL security hole allows man-in-the-middle attacks, a new SSL...
September 14, 2009 1:49 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
information security,
Microsoft,
Microsoft support,
patches,
risk,
risk management,
support,
tcp,
tcp-ip,
tcp/ip,
threat,
vulnerability,
Windows,
windows 2000Last week was the September issue of Microsoft "patch Tuesday". The September 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletin lists a number of vulnerabilities. Microsoft held the
May 11, 2009 2:28 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
bcp,
business continuity,
business continuity planning,
crisis communication,
crisis management,
crisis planning,
disaster prepareness,
disaster recovery,
dr,
education,
enterprise risk management,
erm,
information security,
risk management,
standardsIf you are involved in IT you should also be involved in the disaster recovery planning and operations for your organization. There are quite a few resources to help with this activity. A very good free one just came across my desk that I wanted to share with you.
It is called the...
April 29, 2009 11:55 AM
Posted by: Troy Tate
change management,
documentation,
ITIL,
operations,
risk,
risk management,
skill management,
staff reduction,
staffing issuesI am an optimist by nature. I always look for the positive in everything. However, that is sometimes a challenge in today's economic environment. There is a time when you have to be a realist and see the situation for what it is.
April 27, 2009 7:22 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
business continuity,
business continuity planning,
continuity planning,
environment,
hardware,
pandemic,
Pandemic planning,
planning,
recovery,
remote access,
risk,
risk management,
risksI'm not the kind to run around thinking the sky is falling or that the swine or bird flu risk is non-existent. I take a lot of these warnings with a grain of salt. However, the pandemic watches of the past few years should obviously have organizations thinking about their risks and business...
